Departmental Manpower

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 
	(1)  how many  (a) special advisers and  (b) press officers were employed by his Department in each year from 1997-98 to 2007-08; and at what cost in each of those years;
	(2)  how many  (a) special advisers and  (b) press officers have been employed by the Prime Minister's Office in each year since 1997-98; and at what cost in each year.

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent on employing press and communications officers in  (a) his Department,  (b) its non-departmental public bodies and  (c) its agencies in each of the last three years.

Tom Watson: The Prime Minister's Office forms part of the Cabinet Office.
	The Prime Minister publishes on annual basis, a list of the numbers and cost of special advisers. Information for 2007-08 was published on 22 July 2008,  Official Report, columns 99-101WS.
	Regarding the number and cost of press officers I refer the hon. Member to the answers that were given on 8 September 2004,  Official Report, column 1245W; 10 March 2006,  Official Report, column 1837W; 6 February 2006,  Official Report, column 849W and 8 July 2008,  Official Report, column 1570W. The cost to the Department press officers for 2006-07 and 2007-08 were:
	
		
			  £ 
			 2006-07 669,780 
			 2007-08 959,614